WE CONDEMN THE OPERATION TARGETING ESP! atik

 

WE CONDEMN THE OPERATION TARGETING ESP!

Turkey woke up to more operations on the morning of 3 February. In Antalya, Adıyaman, Urfa, Rize, Bursa, Van, Tekirdağ, Gaziantep, Samsun, Dersim, Malatya, Diyarbakır, Kocaeli, Yalova, Balıkesir,
Denizli, Ankara, İzmir, Sakarya, Adana and Mersin, the Socialist Party of the Oppressed (ESP), the Socialist Women's Assembly (SKM), the Federation of Socialist Youth Associations (SGDF), the Active News Agency (ETHA), DİSK/Limter-İş, Polen Ecology, BEKSAV and many other institutions, a total of 96 revolutionaries were taken into custody during raids on homes and institutions. Among those detained were ESP Co-Chair Murat Çepni, ESP Central Executive Committee member Okan Danacı, SKM spokesperson Tanya Kara, ETHA editor Pınar Gayip, Oppressed People's Law Office lawyer Özlem Gümüştaş, and DİSK/Limter-İş General Secretary Beycan Taşkıran.

The fascist Turkish state, on the one hand, is carrying out massacres against Kurds, Alevis and Druze by working with the HTŞ government in Syria, and on the other hand, is intensifying arrests and detentions against democratic forces within the country. It attacks marches organised to stop the massacre in Rojava and to support the people's resistance, uses violence against those participating in the protests, and detains dozens of them. Today's operation is part of this.

The arrest of representatives of institutions and journalists who actively participate in actions supporting Rojava, who report on it, and who try to raise public awareness is a warning to mass actions. But we know that no matter how many are arrested, no matter how much torture is inflicted, the struggle of the oppressed peoples who resist cannot be suppressed. Because the struggle of the oppressed peoples and the working class in Rojava and in many parts of the world is legitimate. No fascist dictatorship has been able to suppress this legitimate struggle, nor will it be able to do so in the future. These legitimate struggles continue with the solidarity of workers and labourers around the world, and we firmly believe that this solidarity will continue in all areas in the future.

In Rojava, the fascist HTŞ; in Palestine, fascist Israeli Zionism; in Iran, the fascist Mullah regime; and in India, the fascist Modi government continue their attacks, massacres, and genocides against the local people with the support they receive from imperialist powers. However, in many countries around the world, particularly in Europe, hundreds of thousands of people have taken to the streets to oppose these massacres and support the people's resistance.

As the Confederation of European Turkish Workers; the Socialist Party of the Oppressed (ESP), the Socialist Women's Council (SKM), the Federation of Socialist Youth Associations (SGDF), the Active News Agency (ETHA), DİSK/Limter-İş, Polen Ecology, and BEKSAV. We reiterate our solidarity with the revolutionaries who have been arrested. We call on local and migrant workers and labourers in Europe, as well as democratic forces, to oppose this operation. Currently, let us oppose the attacks against the people in Turkey, Rojava, Iran, Palestine and India with street actions. Let us unite in solidarity with them by making the voice of the oppressed peoples' just struggle heard by the entire European public.

Detentions and Arrests Cannot Stop our Just Struggle!

Long Live the Legitimate Struggle of the Oppressed Peoples!

Long Live International Solidarity!

ATİK- Confederation of Workers from Turkey in Europe